Merida, Spain
Merida - this city dates from 25 BC. It is a World Heritage site. See ://worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk/frame-SpainMerida.htm. It was a provincial capital for Rome.
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See what the Romans left. A fine theater, now being renovated, that could seat 6000 spectators.
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Theater, Merida, Spain
The Roman bridge over the Gaudiana River is still standing - all spans of it, now a footbridge.
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Bridge, Gaudiana River, Merida, Spain
The Super Tank.
There is also a huge circus structure that could seat 30,000 for chariot-racing, and, we were told by a guide, they used to flood it to do mock naval battles.
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Amphitheater, Merida, Spain; including water tank facility for reenactments, naval spectacles
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The Extremadura or Estremadura section of Spain was home to the conquistatores, and is now considered remote, toward Portugal. But worth it. Find it at ://goeurope.about.com/cs/spain/a/merida_guide.htm
We were two people, heading out, an improvised road trip. This site is being revised for relevance to this new Covid-and-upheaval world. The itinerary remains: Madrid, Pamplona, Cuenca, La Mancha, Toledo, Salamanca, Avila, Trujillo, Seville, Cadiz (then British Gibraltar), Granada, Cordoba (photo), Madrid. 2. Barcelona, Roses, Figueres, Ripoll, Seu d'Urguell [Andorra; then France]. Roncesvalles, Jaca, Huesca, Graus, Barcelona. Routine cites to history sources may be deleted.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Merida - and Rome. Estremadura Theater, Circus, Amphitheater, Bridge
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amphitheater,
circus,
Merida,
Roman bridge,
theater,
World Heritage
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